Persian rugs, Tree of Life design on, 17; value of, 28; excellence of design and coloring, 37; animal designs, 37, 38; designs and borders in good antiques, 38; characteristic designs, 40-43; choice of colors, 47; use of, in Persia, 54; small ones not exported, 54; durability of fine specimens, 54; used as hangings, 55; districts where woven, 55; experts can tell where woven, 55; value of trade in, 55, 56; export and import duties on, 56; manufactured for Western markets, 56, 57; descriptions of characteristic weaves, 58-70; preferred to Indian, 87; silk rugs, 124 (plate), 125; hunting rugs, 128; antique rug, 156 (plate); symbols, 160. Persian weavers taken to India, 87. Persian wool, 30. "Persische Nadelmalerei, Die," Karabacek, 176. Peshawar sheep, 30; meaning of _Peshawar_, 163; spelling, 166, 173. Petrie, William Matthews Flinders. 177. "Pharaohs, Fellahs, and Explorers," Third Lecture, Edwards, 176. Philadelphia, power looms in, 24; rug-production of, 143. Phillips, G., 177. Phoenician art, 18. Phoenician purple, 18. Phoenix, symbolism of, 157, 160, 162. Pig, symbolism of, 162. Pine cone, symbolism of, 169. Pine trees, symbolism of, 160. Pirot, Servia, 136. Place-names associated with rugs, meanings of, 162, 163; various spellings of, 164-174. Pliny, quoted, 45. Plutarch, quoted, 45. Polish rugs, 119. Pomegranate design, 41, 159. Poona, 166, 173. Pooneh, 166. Power looms, 22, 24. Prayer rugs, Ghiordes, 75; Ghiordes and Kulah, 78; Ladik, 79; modern and antique compared, 80; Beluchistan, 97; Karamanian and Kurdish, 117; description, 120-122. Puckered edges of Sinna rugs, 69. Pueblo Indians taught rug-weaving by Spaniards, 147. Punjab, capital of the, 91. Purple, _see_ Phoenician and Tyrian purple; symbolism of, 47; favorite color of Romans, 48. Purpurin (red coloring-matter), 44. Pushmina rugs, 93. Q Qourdes, 169. Quaritch, Bernhard, 139. "Quarterly Papers on Architecture," Weale, 178. Quetta, 165, 173. R Rabat, 134. Rachova, 170, 173. Racinet, M. A., 177. Rag rugs, New England, 143, 144. Raipur, 166. Ralph, Julian, 88, 89. Ram, symbolism of, 162. Rampur, 166, 173. Rangpur, 166, 173. Rawar, 167. Reber, Franz von, 177. Reciprocal trefoil design, 42, 67. Reclus, Elisie, 177. Red, symbolism of, 47, 48. Redgrave's "Manual of Design," 177. Reed, symbolism of, 162. "Religion of Ancient Egypt," Renouf, 177. "Religion of the Semites," Smith, 177. Renouf, P. LePage, 177. Resht, 125, 167, 173. Restoration of old dyeing, 46. _Rhamnus chlorophorus_, 45. _Rhamnus utilis_, 45. Rhinoceros, symbolism of, 162. Rhodian lily design, 79. Riegl, Dr. Alois, 177. Robinson, Vincent, 177. Rochdale, power looms in, 24.